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RUSSELL, Henry McDougall

Service Number:	1928
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barrington, Tasmania, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Barrington, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Barrington State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barrrington State School Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Sheffield War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1928, Claremont, Tasmania
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1928, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1928, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart
19 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 40th Infantry Battalion, GSW (right arm)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son John and Jessie Russell of Barrington, Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal